National Right To Work Foundation president calls for renewed focus on worker freedom this Labor Day

Mix also addressed worker attitudes toward unions. "The truth is, American workers by and large want to make a living free from coercive union power: Most say that they have 'no interest at all' in joining a labor union. American workers thrive on freedom, and policymakers who claim to care about them should be prepared to defend workers’ freedoms," he said.

He criticized what he described as efforts by some union officials and political leaders during previous administrations that sought policies favoring mandatory union participation or dues as conditions of employment. Mix said, "That means we should reject the cynical attempts by union officials to steal the spotlight on Labor Day to drum up support for their coercive agenda that seeks to impose on workers what they would never individually agree to. That agenda was unfortunately promoted with full force during the Biden Administration, which sought to undermine workers’ rights to reject union affiliation while empowering union bosses to force unwilling employees into union ranks. Union chiefs and their political allies also pushed hard under Biden to require workers to fund their activities – including their politicking – as a condition of keeping their jobs."

With this year marking what Mix called “the first Labor Day since voters rejected the dysfunctional and coercive labor policies of the Biden Administration,” he urged lawmakers at all levels of government to pursue measures supporting individual worker choice over compulsory unionism.

"Now, on the first Labor Day since voters rejected the dysfunctional and coercive labor policies of the Biden Administration, it’s time to chart a new path for America’s working men and women. Politicians at the state and federal level should pursue policies that give workers the ability to protect their livelihoods – and their paychecks – from union bosses’ attempts to use them as tools to increase their power over America’s government and economy," Mix concluded.